Nanotechnology a word stemmed from Greek origin means the dwarf. In the modern science, a nanometer means one billionth of a meter of something. The science of nanotechnology is therefore the ability to manipulate these tiny particles. Nanotechnology is increasingly employed to explore the unseen avenues of medical sciences. There are many types of nanoparticles that are used in medicine and ot...

Alloys based on the near-equiatomic FeCo offer exceptional magnetic properties. The equiatomic alloy was ‘invented’ in 1929, it offers a saturation hardly lower than that of the maximum obtained for Fe-0.35Co, with higher permeability and a lower coercivity than the latter. However, this alloy remained without industrial application, mainly because of its extreme brittleness. Only with the addi...

In the present communication we report the fabrication a unique core-shell inorganic nanomaterial with potential therapeutic and diagnostic functions. It contains an iron-cobalt (FeCo) core that demonstrates MRI contrast property and a thin nanoshell of gold that inhibits the function of a pro-angiogenic growth factor, VEGF165. Au(FeCo) core-shell nanomaterials are fabricated in the gas phase a...

FeCo nanoparticles (4 ± 1 nm), encapsulated by SiO2, were synthesized with and without a 2% (atomic ratio) vanadium doping. The impact from the presence of vanadium, an additive often used in the bulk to alter both physical and mechanical properties, on the nanomagnetism was probed by element-specific X-ray spectroscopy and magnetometry techniques. While the nanostructure was unaffected by the ...

A novel giant magnetoresistive sensor and uniform high-magnetic-moment FeCo nanoparticles (12.8 nm)-based detecting platform with minimized detecting distance was developed for rapid biomolecule quantification from body fluids. Such a system demonstrates specific, accurate, and quick detection and quantification of interleukin-6, a low-abundance protein and a potential cancer biomarker, directl...

In this study, we prepared ultrasmall FeCo nanoparticles (NPs) with a high magnetic moment and examined their antigen-antibody reaction for biodetection applications. The NPs were collected from the FeCo-BaF2 nanogranular film Fe:Co:Ba:F = 14:11:21:54 at.%, by dissolving in water since BaF2 matrix was deliquescent. size of ∼5 nm saturation magnetization estimated to be ∼15.30 kG (149.0 emu/g). ...

The high cost of the platinum-based cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has impeded the widespread application of polymer electrolyte fuel cells. We report on a new family of non-precious metal catalysts based on ordered mesoporous porphyrinic carbons (M-OMPC; M = Fe, Co, or FeCo) with high surface areas and tunable pore structures, which were prepared by nanocasting mesop...

The exchange coupling between ferromagnetic (FM)-antiferromagnetic (AF) interfaces is a key element of modern spintronic devices. We here introduce a new way of triggering exchange bias (EB) in swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiated FeCo-SiO2 films, which is a manifestation of spin-flipping at high irradiation fluence. The elongation of FeCo nanoparticles (NPs) in SiO2 matrix gives rise to perpendicu...

Heme-carbonyl complexes are widely exploited for the insight they provide into the structural basis of function in heme-based proteins, by revealing the nature of their bonded and nonbonded interactions with the protein. This report presents two novel results which clearly establish a FeCO vibrational signature for crystallographically verified pentacoordination. First, anisotropy in the NRVS d...